The British made 'Baker Rifle' was the first widely used Infantry rifle in the early 1800's
It was early, but not the first.
The Ferguson Rifle
Mexico, 1887- the 7mm Mondragon rifle
No. The first gas-operated rifle to be adopted by a military was the Mondragon rifle used by the Mexican army.
The first gun with a rifled barrel (a rifle is any gun with grooves cut into the barrel to give the projectile spin) used by American forces was the Kentucky rifle, used in the revolutionary war.
The British used the Baker rifle in the war against Napoleon.
Austria invented the first air rifle in the 1500's. The BB rifle was invented in the USA.
WWII
1400's
the first rifle is said to be the ross rifle. i researched it but look it up for your self just in case
vengacharil chandy of kerala, india was the first user of the rifle
A long hollow tube was first used as a scope.